ABOUT MYSELF

GENERAL

Name: Elena Sineva
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Country: Russia
Mother tongue: Russian

PROFICIENCY IN LANGUAGE

English: fluent
Spanish: basic skills

SPECIALIZATION

English-Russian / Russian-English written translation.
Areas of expertise: geological, technological, economic, financial and legal aspects of oil/gas industry (click here for more detail).

WORK EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

2003 — recent: translator and private English tutor. As a translator, I work with various translation agencies, Russian and foreign petroleum producers and consultancies, World Bank and research institutions

1993—2003: freelance contracted by Russian geological institutes (VNIGRI (All-Russia Petroleum Research Exploration Institute), IGiRGI (Institute of Geology and Development of Combustible Mineral Resources), etc.) and Petroconsultants SA (Geneva).

1986—1993: TsNIGRI (Central Research Exploration Institute for Non-Ferrous & Noble Metals), Moscow, translator and junior researcher.

1985—1986: translator/interpreter of Russian team of petroleum geologists in Managua, Nicaragua.

1982—1984: VNIIZarubezhgeologiya, Moscow, translator and junior researcher in Department of Scientific & Technical Information.

1980—1982: Moscow secondary school, teacher of geography and English.

EDUCATION

Higher education: 1980 — Moscow (V.I. Lenin) State Pedagogical Institute, department of geography, teacher of geography, English and geography in English.

Extension courses: 1987—1989 — IN-YaZ (State Central Courses of Foreign Languages), Moscow, written and spoken Spanish.